Monday, November 10, 2014

USMC 239th Today! Semper Fi

This post is in tribute to my middle brother Bob, now 65, who served in the 1970s in Vietnam in the Marine Corps.

If you haven't noticed, this 'social current see' of many US military establishments makes it apparent that social sites like Facebook draw much attention to private and public concerns alike. Notable today, is the anniversary for the USMC. The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces.

According to this source, the U.S. Marine Corps is one of the four branches in the U.S. Department of Defense as well as one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. It operates posts on land and aboard sea-going amphibious warfare ships around the world. The Marine Corps has been a component of the U.S. Department of the Navy since 1834, working closely with naval forces for training, transportation, and logistics.